Sadler's Wells, LondonBRB's current triple bill focuses on a short and peculiarly British moment in ballet history, a time when choreographers in London were creating work unlike any other dance capital in the world. Checkmate (1937) is a cerebral, narrative-rich work from Ninette de Valois, in which a choreographed chess game becomes a battle of Manichean forces, with every piece given a character of its own " from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM on October 20, 2011